Spontaneous pituitary adenomas of the pars intermedia in 5 aged horses: Histopathological, immunohistochemical and ultrastructural studies

Journal of Equine Science

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 119-126

  Yoshikawa, Hiroyasu ^a   Oishi, Hideo ^b   Sumi, Akiko ^a   Ueki, Hideaki ^a   Oyamada, Toshifumi ^a   Yoshikawa, Takasi ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Exercise Physiology of Racehorse Lab   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenoma of pars intermedia; Aged horse; Immunohistopathology; Nonfunctional tumor; Pituitary gland; Propiomelanocortin

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347245755     PISSN: 13403516     EISSN: 13477501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1294/jes.12.119     Document Type: Article

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